Summary: How do you get the Xbox 360 to sell in Japan? A new hardware redesign and one of Japan's biggest IPs certainly don't hurt. Those two combined last week to boost Xbox 360 hardware sales over 8 times the week prior. Read Full Article

It's interesting to see how our culture's differ in the choices of entertainment. We Americans prefer more action packed cinematic style games and shooters, while the Japanese have an overload of RPGs and heavy cinematics in games. We also tend to have the more seriuos M rated games, while their RPGs have cute animals and metro sexual badasses.

C'mon, you guys are so ethnocentric here it's absolutely ridiculous. It's a different culture for a reason. They have different likes. Just like how the entire world loves soccer BUT the USA. Appreciate that different people have different tastes and move on.

Wow, best news I heard all week for the Xbox
I can't believe it sold like a PS2 and a PSP Go for a long time, and those systems suck, that means Xbox sucked in Japan... Nooooo!
That's great news for this generation having all the "next gen consoles" selling around the same and all the losers at the bottom.
Monster hunters an MMO or something? I wonder if it's coming here, and if it is an MMO it's got serious MMO competition, like WOW, The old Republic, and possibly FF14 or 13 versus, whatever the heck it's called.

The fact that the new 360 and MHF were planned for the same release time means there may be a good chance of it coming to canada/usa so everyone help me pray that we get MHF on english 360's !!!!!!!!!!

I applaud Microsoft for there efforts. They made the xbox 360 more of a quality system than the previous systems which is one of the big reasons why the Japanese havn't been up to getting a 360 over a ps3. Paired with Monster hunter it should bolster the xbox 360 popularity in Japan.

Wait....what? BUYING Monster Hunter Frontier give people access to the BETA!?! Dammnit Japan! Stop thinking multiplayer means "PSP", hook up your damn consoles online and start doing things like the rest of the world! A beta is supposed to free, so everyone can stress-test a game BEFORE its retail release. G-damn it!

@baby-bro; Word man. CoD4, and all mainstream creatively bankrupt modern war shooters, and all the morons who put that crap on a pedestal, can go to hell.

yeah, seriously... u guys need to travel to other places then your local wall mart once in a while. Not only do your comments prove how immature and isolated you are, it also makes me feel kind of ashamed to be an American.

That was smart...good job MS. I honestly never thought i'd see the day they'd release something the Japanese would want. lol

One game isn't enough to keep the sales surging, though. If they want to keep up in the Japanese market and, I assume they would like to take over the Japanese market, they need a lot more than a few games to keep the Japanese interested. It's the same reason the PS3 finally started selling here..price cut, new slim, and lots, and lots of games.

If they can manage to keep up in Japan, and possibly the rest of the world as well...then they may keep the lead they have over the PS3. We'll have to wait and see how things turn out...because, to be honest, this is one week...this has happened before for the 360 with a good release..and then the rest of the year was back in the 2000 range.

Though we can hope for the best...If MS starts taking some of Sony's own home targets...Maybe they'll get even more serious than they have been and start plopping down games people would be morons not to buy. I have a few games that I would love to see on console again. lol.

I understand the fact that taste r different, but the japs a just weird. That's is just a fact. I wouldn't buy monster hunter with your money and its moving consoles in japan. Maybe the should thow in a doll with pink hair with wheels as feet and it would be the best selling console ever in japan. Unbeilievable

It must be a first to have a 360 title on top in Japan, but not a suprise that it is Monster Hunter. I wonder why it isn't on PS3 as well though.

I would guess it'll depend on how well Monster Hunter Tri sold in North America as to whether we'll see Frontier or not. To be honest i'd rather have a new game or a more updated version than a straight 3 year old PC port but bringing the series to more people is a good thing in any shape or form.

Wow, I didn't think MS cared about the Japanese market. But it's kinda sad that with a huge game like this, it still didn't outsell the Wii or PS3. I also hope they bring this to North America, because I like MH on the PSP, but it would work better on a dual-analog system.

Wow, I didn't think MS cared about the Japanese market. But it's kinda sad that with a huge game like this, it still didn't outsell the Wii or PS3. I also hope they bring this to North America, because I like MH on the PSP, but it would work better on a dual-analog system.

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MS actually tried really hard to make headway in the Japanese market in the early years of the 360, there were several Japan exclusives but that country is super loyal to their native manufacturers and publishers.

capcom sold out to microsoft this gen a long time ago so this is no surprise to me that the game isn't on ps3. when you think about money wise if they're going to release a game in japan on a hd console it should have been a ps3 seeing as it has the upper hand there.

I don't understand what other reason, aside from xenophobia, kept the Japanese from buying 360's 3 years ago, when it had 4 top-tier RPGs from their top-ranked developer, Square.

It doesn't matter much anyways; because of their attitude, Japan is no longer the Mecca of gaming Bill Gates declared it to be when the original Xbox was released there. But after all the butt-kissing MS has been doing for almost a decade, it is funny to see them chase after it like a despondent lover.

Your such a troller. You and your clever name are always in xbox related forums stirring up trouble. With well over 39 million worldwide console sales the 360 is far from the failure you make it out to be. What MS has proved with its pitiful performance in Japan is that it doesn't need the Japanese market to be successful. Although I'm sure they'd like it.

So if the 360 is declining then the ps3 must be dead in your mind considering it hasn't outsold the 360 in months. The fact that Japan is Sony's turf and very anti MS but the 360 still made a strong showing after so many years shows that you are full of it.

Oh and link these alleged analysts. Oh wait there are none you are just making things up.

While this is a huge increase in sales for the xbox, monster hunter freedom unite sold 690,000 copies on the psp on its first day of release in japan. so they are actually comparatively low sales for a monster hunter game in japan.
dear capcom, hurry the hell up and make a ps3 monster hunter game,
like right now.

Wow, best news I heard all week for the Xbox
I can't believe it sold like a PS2 and a PSP Go for a long time, and those systems suck, that means Xbox sucked in Japan... Nooooo!
That's great news for this generation having all the "next gen consoles" selling around the same and all the losers at the bottom.
Monster hunters an MMO or something? I wonder if it's coming here, and if it is an MMO it's got serious MMO competition, like WOW, The old Republic, and possibly FF14 or 13 versus, whatever the heck it's called. [-] Minimize Comment
Posted by: steeltundra on July 02, 2010 12:15 PDT

It is good news, but FYI the PS2 was one of the best selling consoles of all time, And you can't really compare handhelds to consoles. Consoles ALMOST always have better games.

I have to agree with Vandhal...I think a huge majority of Japanese got it for MH...Hell, I hope they bring that game stateside. I can assure everyone that i'd spend a good chunk of my life playing the damn thing. lol.

The thing is...regardless of it being the game or hardware...the 360 sold a good amount this week. Hopefully MS will start pumping out some good titles for the Japanese so that Sony has even more competition to contend with. Competition is the bread and butter of the gaming industry..It's the reason the past two years have been slow for the 360..and it's the reason the first few years sucked for the PS3. They got to comfortable being in the lead...and before they knew it...they were sinking.

It's already assured that this console generation has done well enough to make new consoles...I don't care who comes in second place. MS or Sony...I just want a great finish. I will say that the odds are in Sony's favor. Mostly because MS's life span on their console are kind of like Nintendo's..This is the first time that anyone has lasted past five years, outside of Sony. So while the PS4 and 720, and Wii 2(or whatever the systems will be called) battle it out..the PS3 will be kind of like the PS2...just out there, still getting games..and selling because it's cheap.

Now, if MS decides to support their system for another five years...then it'll be really interesting to see who comes out on top. But if Sony, as is usually the case, is left to their own devices..the PS3 will get that second spot..maybe even the first. If MS doesn't get their act together in Japan...then it's possible that the PS3 will continue to surge past the 360 and be ahead before the generation is over.

Then again...If MS does get a foothold in the Japanese market...Sony won't stand a chance. So personally, I hope for the best for all Sony and MS. It'll be an interesting battle to watch.

a small victory is still a victory in the fickle Japanese market. im stilll tryin to get my hands on a 360 Slim, everytime they come into gamestop they go right to the preoders. oh well i catch one soon. on a comedic note look at the psp Go putting up Nokia N-gage sales numbers. Sonys gotta be kicking them selves over that one.